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Founder at @fermah_xyz | 15 years and counting in designing and building ZK | PhD in Cryptography at UCLA

Austin, TX

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Joined April 2016

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@vanishree_rao

Vanishree Rao

15 days

This is the beginning of something I’ve wanted for decades. To make a real dent. One deep enough that I can pour everything I’ve got into it. Deep enough for my daughter to be proud. Today, we’re unveiling Fermah. Fermah itself might be less than a year old, but my journey

@fermah_xyz

Fermah

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Today, we’re unveiling Fermah, the universal proof generation layer

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

I am so, so thrilled that I am now part of IOG that built Cardano. I have always been a huge admirer of the approach the project took - scientific rigor informing development.

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Tim Harrison

2 years

Welcome to the @InputOutputHK team, @vanishree_rao 🙌👍

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

#Cardano community - how nice are you! Thanks for the welcome. I believe Charles Hoskinson is astonishingly smart and the technical leadership of Romain and Aggelos puts us in very good hands...

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

I am hiring cryptography engineers at all levels for Midnight! A project that I think is *timely*, given the push for regulations thanks to FTX collapse, and everything else that has befallen with our space. You will be working with folks who are highly knowledgable and kind.

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

We are building a confidentiality blockchain! Isn’t this awesome?! So thrilled to get to work on it!

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Charles Hoskinson

2 years

Hello Midnight welcome to Cardano

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity, @IOHK_Charles ! The warm welcome means a lot to me 🙏

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Charles Hoskinson

2 years

Super glad to have Dr. Rao on the team. There are some amazingly difficult crypto engineering problems that we need to solve and it takes an amazingly brilliant person like her to solve them.

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Vanishree Rao

4 years

Consensus is a core part of any blockchain. We are proud of our consensus protocol that sets Mina up for the high degree of decentralization we are envisioning with Mina. A blog on how Samasika does it:

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

Here’s a controversial take on the future of ZK. Ready? In short, for any given project, ZKVMs will fade, and custom ZK will take over. Here's why: ZKVMs have been crucial for widespread adoption by significantly reducing time to market. However, this comes at the cost of high

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Vanishree Rao

4 months

I would bet that ZK will be more pervasive than blockchain in 5 years! I would bet that Web2 will take only ZK from Web3 and thank Web3 for it, in 5 years! I would bet that large corporations will be using ZK in 5 years! No one could have guessed the current state of ZK 5

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

In fact, I've known IOG’s work so closely that I have used and built on top of it in the past: At Mina, I worked on designing Ouroboros Samasika, a PoS consensus for succinct blockchains such as Mina, that's based on the Ouroboros framework that amazing researchers at IOG built.

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Vanishree Rao

5 months

We are in stealth; we are a small, super passionate team working towards a bold vision for the world to enable zero-knowledge proofs adoption at a whole new level. We are of course hiring. The most important role we are hiring for now is an amazingly amazing engineer. Rust is

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Vanishree Rao

3 years

How cool is it to be able to tell someone what you are working on in a sentence! We are building a succinct blockchain! And the value prop is so clear that it never needed any convincing. So proud of @MinaProtocol

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Vanishree Rao

13 days

I had a great time chatting with my friends at @HouseofZK about zero-knowledge proofs—discussing how ZK extends beyond blockchain and sharing stories about my journey in this space, among other topics!

@HouseofZK

House of ZK

14 days

In our upcoming episode, @vanishree_rao , Founder & CEO of @fermah_xyz , shares her journey from first discovering ZK around 20 years ago to building the universal proof generation layer with Fermah today 🤝 Coming soon on @HouseofZK Radio⚡️

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

To come in and lead application of cryptography here is invigorating and I am so, so grateful.

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

It wasn't easy saying bye to my folks at Mina! That was my second family for a long time and the project was so dear to heart. I am still a crazy fan of the Mina tech and I will cheer for it as it reaches every new milestone.

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

They and the scary smart team they have put together have created some fantastic success in the past and the future looks bright too. Good times for useful bleeding-edge tech!

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

Excited to give a talk on #Midnight at #zksummit soon!

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Vanishree Rao

11 days

Well-articulated article on @fermah_xyz ! Thank you, @HouseofZK !

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

Developers: To send with privacy, use encryption To convince everyone, use signatures To convince everyone with privacy, use ZK To delegate without trust, use proofs To delegate with privacy, use MPC

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Vanishree Rao

29 days

Looking to hire a Senior Rust Dev! I’m working on a project at the forefront of ZK. We’re in stealth mode right now, but we’re gearing up for a big reveal soon™ We’ve secured a seed round from top-tier investors and assembled a small, incredibly talented team. If this sparks

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Vanishree Rao

1 year

Always fun to talk about zero knowledge proofs!

@InputOutputHK

Input Output

1 year

Is it possible to prove something to be true without revealing any information about it? 🤔 In this video, @vanishree_rao gives a baseline understanding of how Zero-knowledge proofs work through a simple scenario of solving a Sudoku puzzle. For a deeper dive, check the full

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

For senior-level cryptography engineers with experience in zero-knowledge proofs and also cryptography engineers with Rust experience who are brave to learn this amazing new technology and grow within the team.

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

Zero-knowledge proofs are strictly more powerful than signatures. Since signatures have achieved world-wide adoption, zero-knowledge proofs can and should do the same. The right infrastructure will enable this.

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

Great job, @alicelingl !

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ZKM

2 months

ZKM Education Lead @alicelingl presents a compact comparison of Circuits vs zkVMs, a topic widely debated by the cryptographic community⚡️ @vanishree_rao recently sparked a lively debate here on @X , which @HouseofZK covered in their latest news report

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

Hey friends! I'll be at SBC from today until the 10th. If you're around, come say hi! I've been working in stealth mode for about a year and am finally getting to the point where I can share more about my project publicly. If you're interested, you can catch me speaking at: -

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Vanishree Rao

13 days

We're hiring! We're looking for a Rust protocol engineer to join our team. Each member owns a piece of what we're building, and we keep things free from drama and bureaucracy. If you're all about building and nothing else, this is the place for you—and you should apply now!

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

Centralized systems are fine until they break. Making them decentralized is the right way to go, but a significantly-improved intermediate step is to make the party provide publicly-variable certificates of good behavior & state; this you can achieve with zkSNARKs #FTXCRASH

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Vanishree Rao

4 months

How will ZK in Web2 be different from ZK in Web3? ------- Remember, ZK offers two main benefits: 1. Privacy (ZK) 2. Efficient verification of arbitrary computation (SNARK) ------- Web3: What happened? Initially, ZK in Web3 focused on Privacy (like Zcash, one of my favorite

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Vanishree Rao

4 months

I would bet that ZK will be more pervasive than blockchain in 5 years! I would bet that Web2 will take only ZK from Web3 and thank Web3 for it, in 5 years! I would bet that large corporations will be using ZK in 5 years! No one could have guessed the current state of ZK 5

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

@ProjectZKM Thank you for the graceful message! As you know, and as others will soon find out when we come out of stealth, I'm also part of the ZKVM tribe. I'm just passionately searching for the best possible outcome. Here's to more great discussions! 🍻

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ZKM

2 months

Incredibly interesting post from Vanishree, and it's certainly brought out a lot of divided opinions about zkVM's vs circuits across the industry. From a development perspective, if the program is just a SHA2, consisting solely of logic operations, and is easy to implement,

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

A high-quality, even-handed roundup of the recent debate on ZKVMs vs. Custom ZK upon project's maturity. That is some good work, @HouseofZK !

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

DM me if you are interested to learn more!

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Vanishree Rao

5 years

Zero-knowledge proofs are a mind-boggling cryptography tool, so I wrote an intuitive explanation to break it down. What other resources do a good job explaining it? #zeroknowledge #zkp #zeroknowledgeproofs #cryptography

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Vanishree Rao

3 years

If you are awesome with rust programming and are looking to work on exciting projects with a really smart and kind team, reach out!

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Vanishree Rao

5 months

I know the team behind @nim_network is sharp and driven; I have also known @ligero_inc for well over a decade and he is a fantastic cryptographer. Congrats on the partnership, friends!

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Nim Network

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We are excited to introduce the first building block of the Nim AI framework, which provides economic ownership and verified access to AI models. Ligetron 1.0 by @ligero_inc , is a memory-efficient ZK system powered by Ligero Proofs. We created the first proof in the world for

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Vanishree Rao

4 months

Great idea to contribute randomness for the next trusted setup in our community! Seriously, not a joke.

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Aleksandr Morozov

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Vanishree Rao

11 days

I just met someone I have high respect for and he said he has been following our work for a while and thinks we are doing great! 😯 💃

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Vanishree Rao

3 years

Exciting times ahead!

@o1_labs

o1Labs (httpz)

3 years

As we make fast progress on enabling Snapps on @MinaProtocol , we recently met with community members to brainstorm exciting demo use cases. Next up: Designing MVPs for our top picks. Find out more in this retrospective!

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

We are looking for a passionate Marketing Lead/Head of Marketing to join us in our vision to make zero-knowledge proofs effortlessly accessible. Please write to me if interested! DMs open.

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

It’s crucial we stay on topic to ensure an intellectually honest exploration of this discussion. Let's clarify some points. What is off-topic: Comparing current ZKVMs with outdated custom ZK solutions is not relevant. The focus should be on the future of ZKVMs versus

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

Here’s a controversial take on the future of ZK. Ready? In short, for any given project, ZKVMs will fade, and custom ZK will take over. Here's why: ZKVMs have been crucial for widespread adoption by significantly reducing time to market. However, this comes at the cost of high

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Vanishree Rao

7 months

I woke up a bit late today and my daughter had drawn this for me. I wanted to share it here as a representation of how I feel these days and what I am doing these days. I am starting a project. I am so, so energized - haven’t felt like this before at all. I get frequently asked

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Vanishree Rao

5 months

Here's a prime example of the innovative potential of projects like @worldcoin . There are numerous scenarios (examples below) where you need to publish your credential to a system so that only a qualifying subset of people can access its details. This is simple if you know the

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Vanishree Rao

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A ton of fellow founders helped me turn an idea into a company, especially with fundraising and company building. Proud of where we are and slowly but steadily coming out of stealth to build together. Meanwhile, I'm helping a few others who are starting out. Reach out if you need

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Vanishree Rao

4 months

One of the most influential individuals in my life is Prof. Amit Sahai, my PhD advisor. Two fundamental behaviors he chiseled me out to have: 1. Knowing truth has higher priority over being right 2. Giving credit where it’s due. Acknowledging the shoulders of giants upon which

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

Even those of us who were entrenched in ZK couldn’t have predicted this level of embracing the tech. I think the future will be unimaginably pervaded by ZK. Incredible times we are living in!

@avichal

Avichal - Electric ϟ Capital

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We've been investing in zero knowledge protocols and technologies since early 2018. It's amazing to see how big the ecosystem grow over the last 6 years!

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3 months

Many wanted to know why I said what I said - specifically, how ZK can make Web2 systems more efficient. Here are the details. ——-- Let's break down Web2 computations into two types: Intra-entity: Data and the computer (person performing the computation) are within the same

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Vanishree Rao

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How will ZK in Web2 be different from ZK in Web3? ------- Remember, ZK offers two main benefits: 1. Privacy (ZK) 2. Efficient verification of arbitrary computation (SNARK) ------- Web3: What happened? Initially, ZK in Web3 focused on Privacy (like Zcash, one of my favorite

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Vanishree Rao

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The best thing about entrepreneurship is that there is nobody to blame. Assuming complete responsibility. ------------------ I wasn't much of a reader growing up, so I remember clearly the handful books that I loved reading and re-reading. One is this tiny book of quotes from

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Vanishree Rao

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Hey! Are you a fantastic rust engineer who has 2-3 hours/week of spare time and want to help an amazing zk project with a modular task? Write to me, if so - DMs open :)

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Vanishree Rao

5 years

16 yrs. ago, I was introduced to #cryptography . My uni. had no program, but a prof. encouraged me. Today, I'm taking off for the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, where I'll get to meet my CS superheroes. A good time for me to look back on this really amazing journey.

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

When you see pictures of people at a crypto event, what stands out to you first? For me, it's always the glaring fact that less than 10% are women. It's concerning. Even in our progressive world, something is still very off. Where are we going wrong?

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Vanishree Rao

3 years

In a few mins, m going to talk to 4th graders in Napa Junction Magnet Elementary School about what I do as a cryptographer and specifically for @MinaProtocol . m unusually thrilled, 80000 times more thrilled than giving talks at conferences.

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

You know that feeling when you are reading a beautiful paper/article and suddenly you find a jarring ill-formed sentence or a typo? It can really take out of the flow! I was thinking... what if we're able to point it to the authors in one click?

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

One of my favorite parts of SBC so far is the chat between Prof Boneh and @cdixon . They discuss Chris' book, which seems to draw parallels between the early days of the Internet and today's blockchain era. It clearly is a great read for those outside the blockchain space, but I

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

I think it’s not the right choice of proof system or most optimized implementation of it that dictates success of a confidentiality blockchain; it’s the final goal and the high-level technological strategy that decide the project’s long-term state. #zkp

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Vanishree Rao

4 years

1/ A popular question about the evolving world of SNARKs is “how is it that some of the recent SNARKs don’t need a trusted setup, whereas there is some impossibility result on SNARKs without trusted setup?“

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Vanishree Rao

5 years

Excited to introduce Ouroboros Samasika, our provably-secure PoS consensus protocol. For more details: - Read the whitepaper: - Listen to my talk at zkSummit Online on March 31st: @evanashapiro @izmeckler @josephbonneau

zkSummit 5 - Crowdcast

Join us on Crowdcast on March 31st 2020 for the next upcoming Zero Knowledge Summit - ZK5

www.crowdcast.io

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Vanishree Rao

5 years

@BobMcElrath @valardragon @cdetrio @zmanian @CodaProtocol 1/ Here are a few clarifications about the @CodaProtocol . The protocol is account based, not UTXO based. Specifically, at any given point in time, there is a Merkle tree of account balances.

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Vanishree Rao

9 months

In a decade, a Web3 innovation set for Google-level adoption is the distributed reputation engine. Here's why: AI's rise is reshaping industries profoundly. Current fraud detection won't be sufficient in the AI era. For instance, ID verification via Zoom is increasingly

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Vanishree Rao

5 months

Thank you @sreeramkannan , this means a lot!!!

@sreeramkannan

Sreeram Kannan

5 months

Great to hear that Dr. Vanishree Rao, who has a wealth of experience in applied cryptography, is building a stealth startup in the zk space. Please ping her if you are looking to join a startup in this space.

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

Over the next few days, I will be doing a thread to try to help developers embrace cryptography with ease and confidence.

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Vanishree Rao

1 year

@TrendsXBT @zooko @balajis This is quite true. And a lot of credit goes to the Zcash team for doing so much foundational work in this area. Including the work that @zooko did to normalize zero knowledge proofs among folks from Washington DC, as much as anyone else could!

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Vanishree Rao

26 days

I truly had a great time giving talks at @ETHWarsaw and @_vsummit ! Also met some really smart people. Happy, happy.

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

Here is an interesting and useful direction to consider when you are using MPC or secret sharing: --------------- Problem: Revealing secrets is not attributable by itself, in general. This can be bad in applications where the data you are securing is extremely valuable and you

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Vanishree Rao

1 year

We are announcing this CFP to find an efficient and secure hybrid cycle of curves. Note that this will be beneficial to the blockchain space, to allow for fast proof verification of a recursively computed proof, applicable to zk rollups, zk bridges, etc.

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Vanishree Rao

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This is why esoteric cryptographic tools tend to see the day of light in crypto: ———- Web2 applications -> web3 applications = Trusted intermediaries -> trustless systems ———- 1. Starting point: decentralization based almost-trustlessness 2. We are brave, so version up:

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

@Cardano Thanks for all the love during my time at Cardano. I did not move away from IOHK, only moved towards something else (they both are very different). I have founded a project; what we are building is usable by everyone on the planet, including you all. Can't wait to come

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$matiwinnetou | C₳rdano F₳ns (CRF₳)

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@vanishree_rao @alignedlayer I knew we lost you, damn.

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Vanishree Rao

4 months

Proofs. All I think about these days is proofs. I am happy :)

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Vanishree Rao

1 month

One of the amazing things about our industry is that we don’t accept the status quo as the final word. Take ZK for example—it began at a point where its usability was easily questioned due to efficiency concerns. But that didn’t stop us from investing billions of dollars and

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#vsummit2024

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🎤 Speaker Announcement @vanishree_rao 🎤 🌕 We’re over the moon to announce ZK Expert, @vanishree_rao , as a speaker at Verifiable Summit 2024! 🌟 🪶 She has over 15 years of experience designing and building #zk systems. She led cryptography for @MinaProtocol where she led

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Vanishree Rao

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In our industry, we tend to jump on the latest hot narratives, and recently, we’ve been debating ZK, MPC, and TEE as if we need to pick a winner. But here’s the thing: there isn’t one superior tool. It’s like asking whether a knife is better than a blender. A knife is great for

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Vanishree Rao

1 year

I wasn't a fan of doing recursion on BN/grumpkin until now. Now you just do a very small circuit in grumpkin, this is great!

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Srinath Setty

1 year

New work on folding, with @abhiramko ! Full paper:

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Vanishree Rao

4 years

The zero-knowledge approach for PLONK that uses Bulletproofs-based commitments (like in Halo) can be inefficient. We propose a new way of achieving zero-knowledge for PLONK: . Joint work with @izmeckler .

A More Efficient Approach to Zero Knowledge for PLONK

In PLONK (considered as an interactive oracle proof), the prover sends the verifier several polynomials. They are evaluated at some k points during the course of the protocol. Of course, if we want...

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

Think from the point of view of a developer or anyone who is starting to work with zero knowledge proofs and would like an intuitive glossary of the words used in the ZKP world. I am planning on creating a video for it. What words should I include?

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

Oh my goodness! I almost screamed seeing this! Thanks, @naval , for your incisive and timely insights. You always seem a step ahead.

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Naval

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The future of freedom depends on zero-knowledge proofs.

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Vanishree Rao

5 years

1/ Usually, zero-knowledge proofs are designed & proven in the standalone setting, but are typically used in settings where multiple proofs need to be done. So there can be some efficiency techniques one can imagine that likely don’t get discussed in the original papers.

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Vanishree Rao

9 months

Most of this is me too for 2024. Full send! 💃

@Codie_Sanchez

Codie Sanchez

9 months

More of Less of List in 2023 vs 2024: Every year I write a list of things I want more of in the year to come and things I want less of. Keeps me honest. Less of: - Respect seeking: I tried to get people to respect me who I honestly don't respect (or even care about). I got

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Vanishree Rao

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You know, you listen to all these sound thinkers like @naval talking about blockchain in general and what excites them about it, and you can't help but notice that Mina's vision and action embodies all those exciting aspects of blockchain. @MinaProtocol

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Vanishree Rao

11 months

@VivekGRamaswamy You just gained my vote! You have an unusually high level of knowledge and leadership acumen among the current candidates - you deserve to win!

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Vanishree Rao

7 months

Excellent work!

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Vanishree Rao

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Today's musing. Here is what is happening: ZK is shifting the narrative for blockchain tech. I remember that, back in 2017, convincing people of blockchain's value was tough. They saw it as a big, expensive solution for small problems, questioning, "why blockchain?" due to its

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Vanishree Rao

5 years

1/ This is why I love working in the blockchain space, really interesting open problems, derived from real-world projects (as opposed to pure academia isolated from industry). Giving a talk on "Bridging the gaps between forward-secure signatures and proof-of-stake protocols" at

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@vanishree_rao

Vanishree Rao

4 months

Ready to gain some intuition on one of Fermat's key contributions that, beyond just zk proofs, actually enabled our entire digital universe and the internet? Here's the crux of what powers the internet: Our ability to securely interact online -> made possible by TLS -> which

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Vanishree Rao

4 months

This wasn't a random tweet. Fermat has completely consumed our thinking and we can't wait to share some good news in about a month!

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Vanishree Rao

12 days

What fun! Watch me dive into how priorities shift as projects evolve during this debate—what starts as a rush to market soon becomes a race for superior performance. Btw, @fermah_xyz is not building custom circuits. We are a universal ZK marketplace. We even generate proofs for

@therollupco

The Rollup

12 days

DEBATE: ZKVMs or ZK Circuits? 🌶 ZKVMs have made it easy for projects to integrate ZK by offering reduced time-to-market and lower engineering costs. But as applications mature, there’s a growing question: do you stick with the flexibility of ZKVMs, or do you shift toward

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Vanishree Rao

17 days

Something something on September 16!

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Vanishree Rao

13 days

You made my day, @sreeramkannan ! 🙏

@sreeramkannan

Sreeram Kannan

13 days

Really glad to see top notch cryptographers choosing to build in crypto! Congrats @vanishree_rao . Excited for @fermah_xyz !

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

What I realized coming in to the project is that our goals are high and worth it and that we are very well-positioned to forge a successful technology strategy, thanks to some really well thought-out structure for the skeleton.

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

After my 3-minute lightning talk on open research questions in the ZK space, three researchers reached out to collaborate. This level of engagement hasn’t happened even after talks I’ve given at major cryptography conferences like CRYPTO and TCC. Loving SBC! I believe this

@vanishree_rao

Vanishree Rao

2 months

Hey friends! I'll be at SBC from today until the 10th. If you're around, come say hi! I've been working in stealth mode for about a year and am finally getting to the point where I can share more about my project publicly. If you're interested, you can catch me speaking at: -

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

Thank you for the opportunity @TamaraHaasen ! You are exceptional yourself - you got this ability to connect on a friendship level even while working crazy amount. The honor is all mine, looking forward to learning so much from you 🙏

@TamaraHaasen

tamara haasen

2 years

It is an absolute honor to work with this exceptional woman. Thank you for joining our team @vanishree_rao

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Vanishree Rao

7 months

Hi, we are looking for someone to come in part-time and help with operations. An ideal person is someone who is already helping with ops at another blockchain company and would be interested in a few hours a week arrangement with an amazing startup. If you are that person or know

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

For those of you who know me, you know I’m an emotional person and deeply influenced by the people around me. Outside of my family, four individuals have had the most impact on my life. Dan Boneh: To me, he’s a true celebrity. Despite his immense achievements, he remains

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

We are thrilled to announce an opening for a Business Operations and Growth Specialist! If you're dynamic, enjoy multitasking, and thrive in adaptable environments, this role is perfect for you. We’re looking for someone who is crypto-native and has experience in expanding sales

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Vanishree Rao

1 year

I have a few questions: 1. to work with Lasso, what's a good frontend? 2. Has anyone emulated field arithmetic of BLS or BN in Pallas or Vesta? 3. Other than plonky, has anyone proven a complete verifier in circuit? (not just the non-decider part; proving systems in question are

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Vanishree Rao

1 month

I love pi. ☺️

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

I should learn better to tweet. Said everything without the golden beautiful word #midnight :)

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Vanishree Rao

5 years

Here is a definition of a blockchain. It was too detailed for what I needed, so I didn't use it and I haven't thoroughly proofread it. But can be a good starting point if you're writing one. There are a few definitions that exist, but I found them not generic enough for my case.

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Vanishree Rao

1 year

In Mina, how many blocks are summarized in one blockchain state proof update? @bkase_ @cryptodavidw

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Vanishree Rao

5 months

Zk proving + retaking is a new AVS category that shakes up perceived limitations of AVS’ applicability. This challenges the idea that crypto and cryptoeconomics clash, and that's cool. Let's remember, they're just tools, not final stops. When they blend for top-notch products

@jarrodWattsDev

Jarrod Watts

@jarrodWattsDev

5 months

@shan3v You still may want to decentralize the proving system i.e. have multiple people generating ZK proofs. You'd then need to bootstrap that and incentivize people to help act as a prover, typically launching a token, creating rewards process, etc. Or, you could build it as an AVS.

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Vanishree Rao

10 months

Decentralization is necessary not just for censorship resistance but also something very important for the fair economics of the world. To see why, imagine a centralized system -- it can charge whatever gross margin it pleases at for different kinds of demands, while censoring

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Vanishree Rao

2 years

It feels good to trace back the current popular techniques of proof systems to the hardness problems we cryptographers believed in decades ago. Discrete log! The way it allows for us to compute polynomials in the exponent, the way that (together with some other components)..

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Vanishree Rao

4 years

PLONK is powerful. It lends itself nicely to many useful tricks. Here is a couple:

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Vanishree Rao

2 months

I have a ZKVM design question. Have we ever considered alternative routes that don’t directly involve QAPs? For example, you transform a program into a Hamiltonian cycle problem and use efficient snarks for Hamiltonian cycles? It's a quick thought, I might have missed

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Vanishree Rao

3 months

I love the feeling and clarity when I write just the way I think. Too much editing kills the sentiment.

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